High severity · published Jul 27, 2020
CVE-2020-15953
LibEtPan through 1.9.4, as used in MailCore 2 through 0.6.3 and other products, has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3
7.4
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LibEtPan through 1.9.4, as used in MailCore 2 through 0.6.3 and other products, has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a meddler-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31; 32 · source: NVD
LI
Libetpan · Libetpan Project
through 1.9.4 · source: NVD
MA
Mailcore2 · Libmailcore
through 0.6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15953
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00060.html
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00075.html
Exploit
https://github.com/dinhvh/libetpan/issues/386
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00026.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M65FVH5XPS23NLHFN3ABEGBSCHZAISXN/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QFBWNA5REI5ZGW2DAOEAVHM23MOU6O5J/
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